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Definition of Spattering
1. Noun. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. "He heard a spatter of gunfire"
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Splat, Splutter, Sputter, Sputter
2. Noun. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.
Generic synonyms: Painting
Derivative terms: Spatter, Spatter, Spatter, Splash, Splash, Splash, Splash, Splash, Splatter
Definition of Spattering
1. Verb. (present participle of spatter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spattering
1. spatter [v] - See also: spatter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spattering
Literary usage of Spattering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1898)
"Device to Prevent Loss from spattering.—To prevent loss from spattering or bumping
when boiling liquids in ..."
2. The Circulator of useful knowledge, amusement, literature, science and (1825)
"Happy, however, would it be if men •would never trifle out of place ; for it is
THE spattering SHOP. IN this great age of improvement, and only then they ..."
3. The Making of Herbert Hoover by Rose Wilder Lane (1920)
"A spattering of rifle fire flashing in the darkness, the answering boom of English
guns. The mob went down before artillery like grain before a scythe. ..."
4. The Making of Herbert Hoover by Rose Wilder Lane (1920)
"A spattering of rifle fire flashing in the darkness, the answering boom of English
guns. The mob went down before artillery like grain before a scythe. ..."
5. Exhibition Illustrating the Technical Methods of the Reproductive Arts from by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Print Dept, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1892)
"261. Christ among the Doctors. Original lithograph, scraped by Adolf Menzel. 6.
spattering. A brush is charged with lithographic ink ..."